Your Excellency, President el-Sisi; Excellencies, Heads of State; Honorable Ministers; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is wonderful to be here in Egypt. Thank you for your warm welcome....

DR. KIM: Thank you, all, so much for coming and welcome to the World Bank. As always, I have some very nice prepared remarks, and so I will give them out of respect for the people who prepared them,...

Date: November 16, 2012
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English

In honor of our Japanese hosts, I would like to start my remarks by making some comments in Japanese.Mina-sama Kon-Nichiwa. Okagesama-de, Sekai Ginkou-no Sousai Toshite Hajimete-no Soukai-de Sendai-nimo...

Date: October 13, 2012
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Language: English

Thank you for coming. I know many of you have attended Annual Meetings before. This is my first, and I'm looking forward to meeting with Governors and our stakeholders.First, let me thank the government...

Date: October 11, 2012
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Language: English

DR. KIM: Good morning, everyone. I'm honored today to assume the presidency of the World Bank Group. I do so at a pivotal moment for the global economy. I want to start by thanking my predecessor, Robert...

IntroductionWelcome everyone. I am delighted to be at this wonderful venue.As we prepare to “swing into action” here tonight, I want first to acknowledge the symbolic importance of this event here at the...

Moderator: ... joining us for this news conference this morning with World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick. Also joining us today, as many of you already know, Klaus Rohland, our Country Director...

Date: February 28, 2012
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Language: English

Introduction Honorable Ministers; ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great pleasure to be here today to present the “China 2030 Report.” The idea for this study was conceived eighteen months ago, when I met...

Date: February 27, 2012
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Language: English

Moderator: Morning ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for joining us. President Zoellick will be pleased to take your questions about the discussion you just heard in China 2030 report. I'd ask you to kindly...

Date: February 27, 2012
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English

“A New S-O-S: Save Our Seas” Introduction Ladies and gentlemen, Oceans are the lifeblood of our world. They flow over more than 70 percent of our planet, and hold about 97 percent of its water. They...

Date: February 24, 2012
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Language: English

MICKLETHWAIT: Thank you Bob. A somewhat churlish question, you might say, particularly from a man who's just said that he'll raise 1.5 billion for the oceans. What some people are bound to ask is, why...

Date: February 24, 2012
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English

MR. FERGUSON: Hi, good morning. Alex Ferguson from the World Bank. Thanks for joining us today. World Bank President Robert Zoellick is going to brief you on this week's G20 meetings. Just for background,...

Date: November 1, 2011
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English